Sitting inside was a strange, conflicted sensation of being completely relaxed (with wonderful quantities of smoke creeping right up to our feet), yet at the same time, tense and anticipatory (the backing track frequency pushed the ear-split line at times). Once the performance (I'm not going...

The Sasha Embellished Silk-Chiffon Gown from Rachel Gilbert is going to look chic on you. It has a hoary semiprecious stone ornamentation, sole shoulder band, an outline feature at the backside, pleating throughout the kilt, and a hidden side zipped up binding that is completely creased....

Thanks so much to Miss Joyce for sending through these snaps for me of a little bit of love Vivi Magazine has for Shine By Three wearing Stylestalker - so very honoured be alongside Rumi, beautiful Bel and some other wonderful Aussie bloglovers (represent!).
And what a way to celebrate 2000...

Where the wonderful intricacies of braids, body art and quasi-heavenly light served to transport the collective silence into some fantastical elven land,it was the combination of angular cutouts and the softer, less tailored take on pastels that had me wishlisting like it was nobody's...

While burning midnight oil over judicial review and the Australian Constitution (mmm riveting), I simply have to take some creative relief in Alice McCall's SS11/12 show at fashion week. As well as addressing all my staple meals of laser-cutting, embroidery, symmetricised motifs, cuffed...

I feel slightly silly for having taken so very long to post these favourites I snapped at Mrs Press' SS11/12 runway show that danced through Sofitel to something wonderfully tropical just before RAFW put serious faces behind everyone's sunnies. It was definitely refreshing to see brights and...

Did I not say neons on white for SS11/12?
Other collections of note in my head for today were definitely Shakuhachi and Alice McCall (both of which will be happily blogged up soon!). In other news, it was such a pleasure to meet the talented Napoleon Perdis (whose two-toned lips for the...

Aside from my love for the halos of white, messy hair and white pins (I think I'll wear my hair like this when it starts to get warm again - no hesitations), I loved Gail's play on higher necklines and mid-length sleeves, offset by bell shapes and just enough shirring to keep it...

So, thank you to the super talented (and efficient) Mr Dean Hargreaves, here are some snaps of the stunning collection (if I haven't said it enough). Although it's a while away, I'll definitely keep you all updated on when these babies hit stores (a dance around a change room in some of that...